Error in extended syntax check

[Former Member]

HI all,

I have declared some constants like this.

constants: c_str1(20) value 'abcdefg,,,,,',

c_str2(4) value 'xyz',

c_str(30).

concatenate c_str1 c_str2 into c_str.

I am getting an error for c_str1 in extended syntax check that 'charetecter strings without text elements will not be translated'.

I am not writing c_str1 anywhere and I just need it for concatenation.

When I tried like this

constants: c_str1(20) value 'abcdefg,,,,,,,'(000).

It is showing a sysntax error that offset is not allowed.

Please provide me the answer.

Regards,

Mungala.

[Former Member]

Try declaring like this:

constants: c_str1(20) type c value 'abcdefg,,,,,',

c_str2(4) type c value 'xyz',

c_str(30) type c.

Thanks,

SKJ

[RichHeilman]

How about if you simply add the switch to turn the message off.

constants: c_str1(20) value 'abcdefg,,,,,'.    "#EC

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[suresh_datti]

Why don't you declare text elements? ie

data: w_str(30).
concatenate  'abcdefg,,,,,'(t01) 'xyz'(t02) into w_str.

double click on t01 & t02 save & activate the text elements.

Activate the program & do the SLIN..

~Suresh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Instead of constants you can declare a variable..

DATA: v_data type char30.

v_data = text-001. 

* Double click on text-001 to create a text element..And give the text there..

Thanks

Naren

[Former Member]

hi Praveena,

do this way

concatenate text-001 text-002 into c_str.

double click on text-001 and text-002 and create text elements with abcdefg,,,,,' and 'xyz' values. In 4.6 and above versions .. you got to save and activate ...else just save to remove that error .

REgards,

Santosh

[former_member196280]

Do the declarations like this it will work

constants: c_str1(20) value 'abcdefg,,,,,',

c_str2(4) value 'xyz',

Data: c_str(30).

concatenate c_str1 c_str2 into c_str.

Note: constant values cannot be modified during runtime. So, you declare target as type c.

Reward points to all useful answers.

Regards,

SaiRam

[Former Member]

Define one text element with id 001.

constants: c_str1(20) value text-001,

c_str2(4) value 'xyz',

c_str(30).

<b>By the way observed 2 more errors:

1) Constant must have a value.

2) you can not change value of constant by statement:

concatenate c_str1 c_str2 into c_str.</b>

You need to define a variable and concatenate contents in that.